Sergey Vladimirovich Shnurov is a Russian musician and songwriter, best known as Shnur, of the ska-punk band Leningrad which he formed in 1997. The group disbanded between 2008 and 2010, during which time Shnur formed Rubl with other members of Leningrad.
The Federal Agency for State Property Management (Rosimushchestvo) is a subdivision of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development that manages Russia's federal state property.
"Putin's Palace" is an Italianate palace complex located on the Black Sea coast near Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin is a Russian politician who currently serves as the 10th Chairman of the State Duma.
Russian intelligentsia expressed various reactions to the Russian annexation of Crimea.
Valery Aleksandrovich Fadeyev is Russian journalist and public figure who currently serves as the Chairman of the Human Rights Council. He previosly served as secretary of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.
The 2018 presidential campaign of Vladimir Putin was announced on 6 December 2017, during Putin's speech at the GAZ automobile plant. He is the 4th and incumbent President of Russia; previously he was the 33rd Prime Minister of Russia, 2nd President of Russia and 4th Federal Security Service Director.
The fourth inauguration of Vladimir Putin as the president of Russia took place on Monday, 7 May 2018, in the Hall of the Order of St. Andrew of the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow. The inauguration marked the commencement of the new six-year term of Vladimir Putin as President of Russia. The presidential oath of office was administered to Putin by President of the Constitutional Court of Russia Valery Zorkin. In addition, in the Presidium of the ceremony, according to tradition, was the leaders of the legislature: Chairwoman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko and Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin.
The 2012 presidential campaign of Vladimir Putin, second and fourth President of Russia, was announced on 24 September 2011, at the United Russia party convention for the legislative election.
Ekaterina Mikhailovna Schulmann is a Russian political scientist specializing in legislative processes. Schulmann has been an associate professor of the RANEPA from 2013 to 2022 and an associate professor of the Moscow School for the Social and Economic Sciences from 2021 to 2022. She currently serves as an associate fellow of Chatham House, a non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin, and an associate professor of the Maqsut Narikbayev University in Astana.
Yevgeny Nikolayevich Zinichev was a Russian politician and military officer. He served as the Minister of Emergency Situations from 2018 until his death, and was also a member of the Security Council of Russia. In 2016, he served as the acting Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast before being replaced by Anton Alikhanov. He was ranked General of the Army as of 2020.
The amendments of 2020, which were proposed in January 2020, are the second substantial amendments to the Constitution of Russia of 1993. To introduce these amendments, Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, held a national vote. They were approved on 1 July by a popular vote.
Alexey Andreevich Kovalev is a Russian journalist, translator, media manager and commentator. He is the head of investigative desk at Meduza, former editor-in-chief of Russian Coda Media and former editor-in-chief of inoSMI.
On 21 September 2022, seven months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia declared a partial mobilization of military reservists. The decision was made a day after the announcement of the Russian annexation of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
Grandpa in his bunker, also translated as grandpa in a bunker, or bunker grandpa, is an insulting nickname for Russian president Vladimir Putin, which has become an Internet meme in Russia and Ukraine.
Martial law in Russia was introduced on 20 October 2022 during the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and a month after the announcement of mobilization. President Vladimir Putin issued two decrees: "On the introduction of martial law in the territories of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson Oblasts" and "On measures taken in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in connection with Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated October 19, 2022 No. 756".
The Movement of the First is a youth movement in Russia created on 18 December 2022 at the initiative of Russian president Vladimir Putin. It's stated goal is to organize leisure activities for youth and form a worldview "based on traditional Russian spiritual and moral goals". The movement is modeled after the Soviet Union's Young Pioneers youth movement, and is for youths beginning at the age of six until they finish school. The organization has been found by independent governments to be complicit in the abduction of Ukrainian children during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The 2024 presidential campaign of Vladimir Putin was announced on 8 December 2023, during the ceremony of awarding state awards to the Russian military.
There were numerous allegations that Vladimir Putin has one or several body doubles who served to replace him during certain meetings and visits to enhance his security. The body doubles allegedly have had surgeries to resemble Putin, but still have partially different facial features such as the chin, earlobes. It was claimed that Putin started using his body doubles more frequently because of his declining health. Russian officials have denied such allegations.
The 2024 Saint Petersburg gubernatorial election will take place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Alexander Beglov is running to a second term in office.
